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Thousands of pupils fail ‘toughened up’ SATs tests

ALMOST 200,000 children are at “underperforming” primary schools following controversial changes to SATs tests, official figures showed yesterday.

In total, 665 mainstream primaries in England fell below the government’s lowest acceptable standard this year, according to the Department for Education (DfE).

But teaching unions warned that the figures were unreliable because of the changes, which they labelled “chaotic” and “badly implemented.”

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